Wearable operational video (such as helmet cams), mobile cameras and sensors, and other visual technologies can provide crucial intelligence, which then can be gathered, communicated to personnel in disparate locations, and integrated to enable unified collaboration for public security responses. The possibility is emerging for a new generation of video applications that will enhance public security and disaster management.

Virtualization platforms are different from physical platforms. The virtualization benefits extend to management and support for tightly integrated backup and recovery solutions. Solutions designed exclusively for virtual infrastructure backup provide a host of key benefits and should be leveraged whenever possible.

The public cloud’s reliability, security, and scalability offers the transformational potential to move disparate workloads to a single cloud platform for greater efficiency and agility. Discover 20 real-world benefits gained when moving backup, archival and disaster recovery to a single, native cloud platform.

ActualTech Media and SimpliVity have partnered to create a new report that presents data from surveyed IT professionals and their experiences with hyperconverged infrastructure. The report defines Hyperconvergence and outlines the future of the industry.

Staying on top of cutting-edge communication trends can be the difference in saving lives during a disaster or even preserving customer loyalty by notifying people during a major business interruption.
Get the complimentary report written by industry expert Dr. Steven B. Goldman and learn the important trends you need to be aware of in 2015, including:
• The increase in security budgets, as well as fines and lawsuits
• The continuing rise in data breaches and malicious cyber attacks
• The impact of social media on crisis preparations and response
• Why natural disasters may be the least of your worries
• And most importantly, how to survive the robot uprising!

In January 2016, 141 professionals — directors, CIOs and managers of large, small and mid-sized companies — were surveyed for a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) survey. The results of this survey reveal some important truths about DR, backup, availability goals, downtime costs, and responses. For instance, did you know the top risk to system availability continues to be human error? This benchmark survey report reviews the challenges and best practices of companies using or looking to implement DR solutions. Read this report to compare your DR experiences with those of your peers.

Your company’s website is up. Servers are churning transactions. The network is pumping data. Life is good. But everything in IT can change quickly. Today’s slightly sluggish network could become tomorrow’s downtime disaster. No matter what challenge may arise, you don’t get extra time, staff, or budget to deal with it. Plus, since the whole company relies on IT, everyone notices when you’re underwater.

Many businesses are beginning to understand that hybrid cloud can provide the best of both worlds: on-demand access to much-needed IT resources, and the flexibility to move workloads onsite or offsite to meet specific needs. The most common question is not “Why hybrid cloud?” but “How do we get started?”
Depending on your specific IT strategy and requirements, consider evaluating the following five types of workloads for hybrid cloud.

Data breaches are more than a security problem. A significant attack can shake your customer base, partner relations, executive staff, profits, and revenue. Historic data breaches have cost executives their jobs, resulted in major revenue losses and damaged brand reputations. In a 2014 study of 700 consumers about brand reputation by Experian and the Ponemon Institute, data breaches were reported as the most damaging occurrence to brand reputation, exceeding environmental disasters and poor customer service.1 In a world where data breaches have become commonplace, what steps can be taken to minimize damage?

With IT departments stretched thin, it’s no wonder more businesses are looking to outsource their backup and disaster recovery (BDR) plan. The rise of disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is a big win for businesses that want their IT staff focusing on strategic business goals but still require a dependable, provable BDR deployment. Find out more by reading our white paper, 5 reasons to choose DRaaS.
Carbonite DoubleTakeTM is now delivering leading DRaaS solutions for complex and mixed environments. Contact us to learn more.

The growth of the backup and disaster recovery market, and desire for increased revenues, has prompted MSPs to consider building their own BDR solutions. Learn the top 5 reasons factors MSPs need to evaluate when considering a “do-it-yourself” BDR.

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